At 03:37 PM 7/9/99 -0600, Matt Bonner wrote:
>Tom Handley wrote:
>>    Not to mention beautiful scenery and a great rodeo! I'm an Oregon boy
>> (ok, I'm 49...) and I appreciate these things ;-)
>>
>The Stampede started today and will go on for the next 10 days.  Don't
>think I'll go to the rodeo this year, but I'll probably hit the Stock
>Dog trials (those herding dogs are incredible - when my Australian
>Shepherd gets older I may give it a try myself).

   Gawd, I wish I could go. I haven't been up there since the late 80's.
We have the St Paul rodeo and the Pendleton Roundup which brings in a lot
of PRCA cowboys as well as several local county fairs. I spent most of
my adult life in the country and I know several PRCA guys and a few crazy
clowns ;-)

>Stampede week added bonus: even white collar workers get to wear jeans
>and cowboy boots to work.  (Which Andy has those green boots?)

   If I tried to `tie a tie' I would probably strangle myself... I keep a
`fairly new' pair of Levi jeans in case I need to get dressed up ;-)
This is ok in a state where the governor shows up for work in Levis and
cowboy boots ;-)

   As far as those "green boots", that would be Andy Warren at an embedded
systems conference. I wasn't there. I think Bob Blick (another long-time
`asset' to this list) was there and posted some pictures so we could put
a face on a name (Bob?). I don't know if Andy still monitors this list.
It's hard to single out any particular individual here since there is so
much new talent joining the list but Andy is a major player. His `wealth'
of expertise and desire to help folks have had a major influence on us.

   - Tom